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Books by PAUL VALENTINE

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The Anthropology of Marriage in Lowland South America: Bending and Breaking the Rules

  • Edited by Paul Valentine, Stephen Beckerman, and Catherine Alès
  • Pub Date: 5/9/2017
  • Hardcover: $89.95

This volume reveals that individuals in Amazonian cultures often disregard or reinterpret the marriage rules of their societies--rules that anthropologists previously thought reflected practice. It is the first book to consider not just what the rules are but how people in these societies negotiate, manipulate, and break them in choosing whom to marry.

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Revenge in the Cultures of Lowland South America

  • Edited by Stephen Beckerman and Paul Valentine
  • Pub Date: 2/24/2008
  • Hardcover: $59.95
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Cultures of Multiple Fathers: The Theory and Practice of Partible Paternity in Lowland South America

  • Edited by Stephen Beckerman and Paul Valentine
  • Pub Date: 5/15/2002
  • Hardcover: $59.95

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